Poundland is reopening another 10 Wilko stores this weekend under new name

03 October 2023 , 12:04

781     0

Poundland is reopening another ten former Wilko stores on Saturday (Image: Maureen McLean/REX/Shutterstock)

Poundland has announced it will reopen another ten former Wilko stores this weekend.

The shops will reopen under the Poundland name - just days after the budget retailer opened the doors to the first ten sites it is taking on from Wilko. It means twenty Wilko stores will now have opened under the Poundland brand.

Poundland announced last month that it will take on the leases of up to 71 Wilko shops and promised to prioritise former Wilko workers for new jobs at these sites. As of today, over 200 job offers have been made to ex-Wilko people.

Each store opening this weekend will stock grocery, household and general merchandise ranges, along with Pepco clothing. Poundland, which has over 800 stores in the UK, intends to carry out a full makeover of these shops in 2024.

Poundland managing director Austin Cooke said: “Our people make Poundland special and last week they did an amazing job to turn ex-Wilko stores into brand new Poundlands in just six days – the size and scale of what they’ve achieved has been nothing short of phenomenal. But they worked hard because we meant what we said about moving quickly to create jobs for Wilko colleagues.

Make-up artist warns popular trick to cover spots could cause contamination

“And that’s why we’ll pull out all the stops to repeat that feat and open another 10 stores this weekend. I know from meeting our new colleagues from Wilko, how delighted they were to welcome customers old and new back to their store last weekend – and that’s inspiring us to keep the pace up and bring the amazing value we promise to more high streets this Saturday.“

Wilko collapsed into administration last month, putting more than 400 stores and 12,500 jobs at risk. Administrators at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) were unable to find a buyer for the whole business, meaning all stores will close by October 8.

Poundland stores opening on October 7

• 33-35 Nottingham Street, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1NN
• Units 2/4 Bank Road, Matlock, DE4 3AQ
• 24 Welsh Street, Chepstow, NP16 5LL
• The Kimberley Shopping Centre, 25 Greens Lane, Nottingham, NG16 2PB
• 15-21 High Street, Worcester, WR1 2QE
• Unit 6-18 Civic Way, Marina Walk, Ellesmere Port, CH65 0AP
• Cary Lane, Brigg, DN20 8EY
• 13-15 Fore Street, Redruth, TR15 2BD
• Units 1-2, 92-94 Victoria Road, Ferndown, BH22 9JA
• Unit 2/3, Crane Street, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, NP4 6LY

Levi Winchester